Marcelo Piñeyro

Marcelo Pineyro (b. 1953, Buenos Aires) studied film at Bellas Artes in La Plata. In 1980, together with Luis Puenzo, he turned Cinemanía into a leading production company which produced the 1984 Oscar-winner The Official Story (La historia oficial). His directorial debut Wild Tango (Tango feroz, 1993) provoked debate about the condition of society and, apart from a series of awards, it broke box-office records. The following film Wild Horses (Caballos salvajes, 1995), with its million viewers, had the second-highest audience figures. It also won the Golden Columbus at the Iberian-American Film Festival in Huelva. For Ashes from Paradise (Cenizas del paraíso, 1997) he won the Goya award. The Los Angeles Times included the film Burnt Money (Plata quemada, 2000) among the top ten films of 2001. This was followed by Stories Live from Argentina (Historias de Argentina en vivo, 2001), Kamchatka (2002), selected for an Oscar nomination, and The Gronholm Method (2005).

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